DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).

Ratings analysis follows the chart.

ABC: ONCE UPON A TIME (0.5), INHUMANS (0.5) and 20/20 (0.5) were all steady.

CBS: MACGYVER, back at 8PM after a 9PM airing last week, was down a tick from the later slot, but returned to its 8PM 0.8 from 2 weeks ago. HAWAII 5-0 returned down 0.1 to 0.9. BLUE BLOODS held at 0.9.

NBC: BLINDSPOT stayed at 0.7, and DATELINE was up a tick to 1.0.

FOX: Returning from their World Series break, HELL’S KITCHEN remained at 0.8, and THE EXORCIST ticked up to 0.5.

CW: CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND held at 0.2, and JANE THE VIRGIN lost 0.1 to 0.2.

Primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL airs on 3 networks tonight, and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE features host Larry David and musical guest Miley Cyrus. On Sunday, Showtime’s SHAMELESS returns, and the network premieres SMILF, while Starz has the season premiere of its dual-plotted THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back Monday for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day.

CW’s fall schedule is in place. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).…

The necks are dwindling for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age…

ONCE UPON A TIME had a rude welcome to Fridays. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over…

About the Author

Mitch Metcalf

MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.